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Pseudotumor Cerebri with Familial Mediterranean Fever in an Adult Patient
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Pseudotumor Cerebri with Familial Mediterranean Fever in an Adult Patient

Destina Yalcin, Emine Yilmaz, Reyhan Suermeli and Ferhat Evliyaoglu
Clinical and experimental health sciences (Online), Vol.14(2), pp.585-587
06/01/2024
DOI: 10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1252588

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Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis and arthritis. Neurological involvement in FMF is rare but serious. Headache, seizures, demyelinating lesions, stroke, posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome, aseptic meningitis and cranial neuropathy have been reported in the literature. In this paper, we present a combination of FMF and pseudotumor cerebri in an adult patient.
Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, Research & Experimental Research & Experimental Medicine Science & Technology

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